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Jury Nullification Sep. 04, 2025
Jury nullification is a fancy term for what it's called when juries — or, in this case, grand ... Read More
Trump Cases May Look Like a Pile-On, but We Shouldn't Forget How It Started Aug. 17, 2023
Another week, another indictment. Americans can be forgiven for becoming numb to the still-astonishi... Read More
Trump Attacked the Core of Democracy. It's Urgent That Prosecutors Show It. Aug. 04, 2023
The famous question during the Watergate hearings half a century ago was, "What did the president kn... Read More
Hawley, Schmitt Are Playing With Fire in Reckless Comments About Trump Indictment Jun. 13, 2023
Trained attorneys Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt either need some law school refresher courses, or the... Read More
Knee-Jerk Rejection to Trump Indictment Says More About the GOP than the Case Apr. 04, 2023
The nation learns Tuesday the details of a New York grand jury's indictment of former President Dona... Read More
In Other News: Why the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Did Not Indict Oct. 03, 2020
The answer is simple: Daniel Cameron, the attorney general of Kentucky. Brief recap: Police officers... Read More
Should Trump Voluntarily Talk to Mueller? Aug. 09, 2018
When federal prosecutors are nearing the end of criminal investigations, they often invite the subje... Read More
Tough Questions for Trump's Newest Hire Jul. 25, 2018
When Bill Shine took over as White House communications director during the July 4 holiday, the form... Read More
The Federal Bureau of Political Investigation Nov. 17, 2016
When Hillary Clinton delivered a campaign post-mortem to her major supporters in a telephone confere... Read More
What if the Fix Was In? Jul. 21, 2016
What if the folks who run the Department of Political Justice recently were told that the republic w... Read More
Hillary Clinton and Personal Honesty Jul. 14, 2016
When FBI Director James Comey publicly revealed his recommendation to the Department of Justice last... Read More
How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice Dec. 30, 2015
A little time has passed since a grand jury in Cleveland refused to indict two white police officers... Read More
Sorry, but the Grand Jury Got It Right Nov. 27, 2014
For many in the media, the St. Louis County grand jury's decision was going to confirm the existence... Read More
Fanning the Flames of Racial Tension Aug. 22, 2014
Words matter — and never more so than when race is involved. For more than a week, we have bee... Read More
The Media and the Mob Aug. 20, 2014
Those of us who admit that we were not there, and do not know what happened when Michael Brown was s... Read More
